Editorial Reviews

Irondale Cafe Restaurant Review:

The sprawling interior is much larger than the one depicted in the film based on Fannie Flag’s book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, but the setting across from the railroad tracks won’t disappoint visitors who saw the film. The author's great-aunt, Bess Fortenberry, owned the original restaurant, past which trains still roar. Every day, servers dish out about 600-800 slices of...